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Mulching a native garden before summer
How deep, how far from the stems and why bark beats straw in a dry garden.
Why my garden has a bath for birds
A shallow dish, a few stones and the small birds that arrive at dusk.
Taking tip cuttings from a native shrub
Sharp secateurs, a pot of sandy mix and the cuttings that take.
Watering new plants without a hose
A rain chain, a gravel bed and how I water young plants only when they need it.
What a banksia is doing in spring
Flower spikes, honeyeaters and why I leave the old cones on.
Pruning after flowering, not before
Where to cut a wattle, and the one time of year I do it.
A shaded corner of ferns and moss
A mossy rock, a few ferns and what a damp corner needs to look after itself.
A morning at the potting bench
A thermos, a bird guide and the small jobs that fill a spring morning in the shed.
Collecting seed from a roadside verge
What is fine to pick, how to dry it and how to keep it until sowing.
Planting day: twelve small plants in an afternoon
A mixed bed from marking the holes to the first watering.
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The Native Garden Letter
A free letter every Saturday from the garden: what is flowering, what I did this week and one job for the month.